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How La La Land made me like West Side Story

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May 05, 2018
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I have never liked the film of West Side Story.  I am a Stephen Sondheim devotee, and the show boasts his first professional lyrics, but they're frankly (and he attests to this) not that good.  I saw the film when I was young, and it seemed dated and filled with dorky dancing.  So I have loudly and proudly flown my anti-West Side flag.

Feeling I needed t…

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